MARKET RESEARCH INTERNSHIP

About the Role

Xavirgin.com is hiring a Market Research Intern for a 3-month, fully remote, unpaid internship. This role involves digging deep into industry trends, analyzing competitors, mapping buyer behaviors, and delivering market intelligence to drive product and business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Uncover High-Impact Market Opportunities: Identify untapped customer segments, underserved problems, and shifting consumer trends across target software sectors.
• Execute Aggressive Competitor Benchmarking: Analyze competitors' pricing models, feature gaps, distribution funnels, and real customer complaints.
• Synthesize Actionable Intelligence: Turn fragmented data, user reviews, and industry reports into structured briefs for product and engineering teams.
• Map Real User Personas & Pain Points: Formulate qualitative and quantitative surveys, conduct user research, and evaluate willingness-to-pay dynamics.
• Master Indie Software Go-To-Market Operations: Experience how a lean software studio validates ideas, assesses product-market fit, and positions digital products for launch.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong analytical instincts and an obsession with understanding business success and failure.
• Hands-on ability to find data across forums, app reviews, niche communities, financial disclosures, and industry datasets.
• Clear, concise written communication—presenting findings with data, charts, and bullet points.
• A self-driven researcher who cross-references multiple primary sources.
• Critical thinking, intellectual honesty, and the ability to turn raw information into strategic direction.

Qualifications

This is an UNPAID, 3-month, fully REMOTE internship opportunity.